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by sbacic 2390 days ago
> Is not about fear but working class being tired, among other things, of big corporations avoiding taxes and they having to maintain the social structure.

I should point out that this isn't a universal problem in Europe. For many countries in Europe, a bloated, inefficient and sometimes corrupt government is the reason why tax rates have to be so high and not multinationals avoiding taxes.

Sure, taxing those multinationals _might_ make it easier on the working class, but it's just as likely that the government would find other ways to spend that money.

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Agree, that is the why I said among other reasons, and corruption is another one. Is more a general feeling of working class paying the bills.

I am not positioning myself about how European social system works but it seems something has to change, specially after the crisis. Also this is obviously happening in the weakest economies in Europe.